Jeff Sessions

So my view is we should aid them, but if we aid them, we should do it with full malice aforethought.

It is essentially not a fighting force. It signals that we are completely out of the fight militarily, I would suggest.

I think to completely move out and radically reduce our presence incredibly risk the gains our men and women have fought so hard for.

The President has said he would like to negotiate with the Taliban, and that has been attempted for a number of years today.

The President of the United States has made some very unwise decisions in this regard.

I think that is a dangerous signal to be sending.

I believe our Congress, in a bipartisan way, is open to having a more robust assistance to the Afghan forces.

I just hope that somehow we don't make the mistake that Senator McCain has so wisely warned us of, in Afghanistan, to rush out.

I do not see this, in any way, that we're starting a new war.

I think President Obama will listen, and I think we can have bipartisan support here for a more realistic approach to the drawdown in Afghanistan.

It needs to end successfully.

By 2019, interest on the debt will exceed the entire defense budget.

The Defense Department has to tell us what they are going to spend the money on and how much it is.

We do have a problem with defense spending. It is causing me great concern as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Budget for a couple of years.

We don't have enough money to run this government, and the deficits will continue to rise.

There is absolutely no way that you can contend over a number of cases, as a matter of policy, it's better for the National security of the United States that people be promptly taken to civilian court to be tried in civilian court rather…

The person charged in civilian court has a right to demand a speedy trial, he has a right to demand discovery of the government's case.

That's what goes on in the real world.

So, the question--so, under the laws of war, a person who's an unlawful--who is a prisoner of war can be detained until the conflict is over, on the general principles of war.

And, before they can be asked any questions, they are given their Miranda rights and told not to answer questions, correct?

If we can prosecute them in Article 3 court, we will.

Well, you also don't consider there's a difference between civilian prosecution and military detention and military commission trials, either, in which case, as Senator Ayotte said, you're dead wrong.

Wasn't that a high-risk thing for American soldiers? And they were sent in to capture him alive so that he could be interrogated.

I feel the tensions there very intensely. It's been said in--that the Defense Department--in and around the Defense Department, but each service is committed to maintaining personnel levels.

I think Congress believes you're correct. But, I hope you will keep us informed on that, because some would suggest otherwise.